Business First Bancshares, Inc.
BFST- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Industry
- State Commercial Banks
- SEC CIK
- 0001624322
In the last 90 days, Business First Bancshares, Inc. insiders filed 1 open-market purchase and 11 sales; 173 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $579.8M in total; no superinvestor holds it.
13F holders, Q2 2026
Institutional positions in Business First Bancshares, Inc. as of Jun 30, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works
- Institutional holders
- 173
- +7 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 18.9M
- +2.96M (+18.6%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $579.8M
- +$149.5M (+34.7%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 20
- 76 more added
- Sold out
- 13
- 35 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2026: new holders, sold out and not filed yet
Holders and value by quarter
Institutions reporting BFST on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 173 | $579.8M |
| Q1 2026 | 170 | $457.4M |
| Q4 2025 | 167 | $402.5M |
| Q3 2025 | 156 | $356.3M |
| Q2 2025 | 147 | $366.2M |
| Q1 2025 | 149 | $347.0M |
| Q4 2024 | 143 | $353.4M |
| Q3 2024 | 128 | $322.6M |
| Q2 2024 | 112 | $262.6M |
| Q1 2024 | 111 | $268.6M |
| Q4 2023 | 118 | $295.9M |
| Q3 2023 | 109 | $205.3M |
| Q2 2023 | 96 | $162.3M |
| Q1 2023 | 99 | $181.5M |
| Q4 2022 | 97 | $232.9M |
| Q3 2022 | 82 | $167.1M |
| Q2 2022 | 82 | $159.0M |
| Q1 2022 | 87 | $172.6M |
| Q4 2021 | 84 | $202.0M |
| Q3 2021 | 70 | $153.3M |
| Q2 2021 | 61 | $149.3M |
| Q1 2021 | 59 | $150.1M |
Institutions, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Business First Bancshares, Inc.; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo & Company | 26,824 | $824.3K | 0.00% | +14,720+121.6% | Added |
| STRS Ohio | 27,000 | $829.7K | 0.00% | +3,600+15.4% | Added |
| Ethos Financial Group, LLC | 27,631 | $884.5K | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 28,991 | $890.9K | 0.00% | +10,958+60.8% | Added |
| Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc | 29,774 | $915.0K | 0.00% | −5,379−15.3% | Reduced |
| FreeGulliver LLC | 30,014 | $922.3K | 0.33% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 31,391 | $964.6K | 0.00% | +1,770+6.0% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 31,600 | $971.1K | 0.00% | +766+2.5% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 31,606 | $971.3K | 0.00% | +26,319+497.8% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 32,100 | $986.4K | 0.00% | +5,643+21.3% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 32,783 | $1.01M | 0.00% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Millennium Management LLC | 34,317 | $1.05M | 0.00% | +7,182+26.5% | Added |
| Jump Financial, LLC | 35,720 | $1.10M | 0.01% | +35,720 | New |
| Geneos Wealth Management Inc. | 36,237 | $1.11M | 0.02% | −2,000−5.2% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 36,504 | $1.12M | 0.00% | +1,121+3.2% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 37,123 | $1.14M | 0.00% | +9,547+34.6% | Added |
| Meriwether Wealth & Planning, LLC | 37,186 | $1.14M | 0.57% | −397−1.1% | Reduced |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC | 38,158 | $1.17M | 0.01% | +38,158 | New |
| Kennedy Capital Management, Inc. | 38,306 | $1.18M | 0.02% | +38,306 | New |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 40,555 | $1.25M | 0.00% | +250+0.6% | Added |
| Montz Harcus Wealth Management LLC | 40,743 | $1.25M | 0.45% | +213+0.5% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 41,303 | $1.27M | 0.00% | −19,093−31.6% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 41,893 | $1.29M | 0.00% | +3,101+8.0% | Added |
| Womack Financial LLC | 43,858 | $1.35M | 0.89% | −6,803−13.4% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 46,750 | $1.44M | 0.00% | +3,300+7.6% | Added |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC | 46,854 | $1.44M | 0.26% | −529−1.1% | Reduced |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC | 47,652 | $1.46M | 0.00% | +253+0.5% | Added |
| Argent Advisors, Inc. | 48,638 | $1.49M | 0.37% | +23,742+95.4% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 49,289 | $1.51M | 0.00% | −2,068−4.0% | Reduced |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 49,454 | $1.52M | 0.00% | +13,274+36.7% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 54,976 | $1.69M | 0.00% | +23,967+77.3% | Added |
| Summit Financial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 59,472 | $1.83M | 0.23% | +230.0% | Added |
| Smith Shellnut Wilson LLC | 61,136 | $1.88M | 0.70% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank | 62,308 | $1.91M | 0.00% | +4,700+8.2% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 66,963 | $2.06M | 0.00% | +32,529+94.5% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 68,686 | $2.11M | 0.00% | −109,861−61.5% | Reduced |
| Cresset Asset Management, LLC | 70,503 | $2.17M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Nuveen, LLC | 78,000 | $2.40M | 0.00% | +18,360+30.8% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 86,946 | $2.67M | 0.00% | +5,999+7.4% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 88,239 | $2.71M | 0.01% | +42,996+95.0% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 92,056 | $2.83M | 0.01% | +42,463+85.6% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 109,598 | $2.96M | 0.00% | +4,960+4.7% | Added |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC | 98,200 | $3.02M | 0.28% | +15,800+19.2% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 105,211 | $3.23M | 0.00% | +4,354+4.3% | Added |
| SRS Capital Advisors, Inc. | 110,128 | $3.38M | 0.02% | +55,563+101.8% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 120,086 | $3.69M | 0.00% | +4,435+3.8% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 121,404 | $3.73M | 0.02% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 150,215 | $4.62M | 0.00% | +106,678+245.0% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 176,442 | $5.42M | 0.00% | −721−0.4% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 187,352 | $5.76M | 0.00% | +106,980+133.1% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 195,614 | $6.01M | 0.00% | +33,841+20.9% | Added |
| Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC | 207,204 | $6.37M | 0.11% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 216,466 | $6.65M | 0.00% | +7,232+3.5% | Added |
| Banc Funds Co LLC | 234,257 | $7.20M | 1.19% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 246,486 | $7.57M | 0.01% | +5,085+2.1% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 271,895 | $8.36M | 0.00% | +5,478+2.1% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 278,146 | $8.55M | 0.00% | +32,839+13.4% | Added |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. | 284,500 | $8.74M | 0.55% | −36,790−11.5% | Reduced |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | 293,893 | $9.03M | 3.19% | +43,893+17.6% | Added |
| RMB Capital Management, LLC | 293,902 | $9.03M | 0.14% | +43,893+17.6% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 312,000 | $9.59M | 0.00% | +15,909+5.4% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 364,389 | $11.2M | 0.01% | +364,389 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 405,623 | $12.4M | 0.00% | +170,739+72.7% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 432,026 | $13.3M | 0.01% | −2,905−0.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 450,790 | $13.9M | 0.00% | +8,937+2.0% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 863,416 | $26.5M | 0.00% | +53,412+6.6% | Added |
| Royce & Associates LP | 931,811 | $28.6M | 0.23% | +95,713+11.4% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 1,025,919 | $31.5M | 0.01% | +135,528+15.2% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 1,045,212 | $32.1M | 0.00% | +384,122+58.1% | Added |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | 1,089,827 | $33.5M | 0.01% | +1,089,827 | New |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 1,311,018 | $40.3M | 0.01% | +145,298+12.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 1,399,712 | $43.0M | 0.00% | −31,450−2.2% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 2,732,988 | $84.0M | 0.00% | +286,027+11.7% | Added |
| Fourthstone LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −231,075−100.0% | Sold out |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −116,841−100.0% | Sold out |
| Green Square Capital Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −47,736−100.0% | Sold out |
| Gator Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −33,168−100.0% | Sold out |
| Teacher Retirement System of Texas | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,787−100.0% | Sold out |
| MQS Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −21,397−100.0% | Sold out |
| CenterBook Partners LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,532−100.0% | Sold out |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,916−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quadrant Capital Group LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −107−100.0% | Sold out |
| Root Financial Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −49−100.0% | Sold out |
| UMA Financial Services, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30−100.0% | Sold out |
| MAI Capital Management | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −19−100.0% | Sold out |
| Twin Peaks Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1−100.0% | Sold out |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| DGS Capital Management, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| CWM, LLC | – | – | – | – | Not filed |
| Sunbelt Securities, Inc. | – | – | – | – | Not filed |